Unity Tutorials from the Interaction Station

Here is a collection of tutorials by the Interaction Station for getting started with Unity. All videos are on Microsoft Streams, so you'll need to login using your myWDKA account.

Getting Started Tutorials

Starting a new project and working with the interface

Start here to get the basics of creating a new project and working with the interface

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/c52a75d1-bc2d-4eb0-98e5-74d9aede03e9

Materials In Depth

Materials control the appearance of your 3d objects.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2dfef468-c07a-4b4a-afd3-f2784d287143

Sounds

Create some background 3d audio.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/d227acb0-0db0-4e48-ad40-851318c37892

Creating Animation Inside Unity

Use Unity's built-in animation system to animate properties like position, scale, rotation and more.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/ac7a7424-c18b-4e19-8861-603ae2b18ec1

Quixel Bridge to Unity

Quixel Bridge is an amazing resource with a massive library of 3d scanned objects and surfaces that you can use in your Unity projects.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/30312406-234d-4d90-8222-994c7da36238

HDRI Lighting

HDRI lighting allows you use 360 panoramic images to light your scene. Use this to quickly get realistic lighting a reflections.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/4dcfc954-fc17-4001-b2ee-1d2644052d1c

Post Processing

Post Processing has a number of effects to make your final scene look even better. You can do things like color grading, add motion blur and more.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/862d6f13-aa79-4532-9f2a-b23064f2f516

First Person Controller from the Asset Store and Quick Pro Builder Intro

Easily add a first person controller into your game, to allow you walk around your scene. We also look at probuilder, an addon for Unity that lets you create complex 3d models inside the Unity engine.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/0d0cfd43-93ac-4a71-8ce1-f84d8ecdf891

INTRO TO SCRIPTING:

Learn how to use Visual Studio to edit C# scripts in Unity.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/01217de1-2bb7-47bf-a7d3-02a12f6a5a85

Character Animation

Character Animation Basics

Download 3d characters and animations from Mixamo.com into Unity.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/4a29e7bd-0281-4bb2-aeda-dc83cb619622?list=studio

Character Controller Part 1:

Create your own custom character controller.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/55780405-54df-451b-b801-d8ef911a6f10

Character Controller Part 2:

Create your own custom character controller continued.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/8f4f3451-c55e-46fe-8a18-2f16c5a145eb?list=studio

Step by Step, Enable VR in your Unity Project

Setting up a project for VR Unity 2021.2 and later
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/c4ef83ef-8188-485d-bc02-2023e27a3504?list=studio
In this example I'll be using Unity's XR Interaction Toolkit to enable VR cameras in your scene, as well a quick demo on how to teleport and create grabble objects.

You can find info on how to install the XR interaction toolkit here: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.xr.interaction.toolkit@2.0/manual/index.html https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/c4ef83ef-8188-485d-bc02-2023e27a3504?list=studio

Setting up VR and XR interaction toolkit project in Unity for versions 2019.4,2020.x & 2021.1
Full tutorial here

VR with the Oculus Quest

Publish to Oculus Quest in Standalone (Updated Jan 2022)

How to get ready to publish your Unity scene to the Oculus Quest VR Headset.

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/e5d4b098-9f51-41f9-8e47-cb537e09fcae

If you're not able to able to open the Oculus software on school computers

Oculus Software Fix Instructions